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www.papakuracourier.co.nz Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Get ready: Auckland mayoress Shan Inglis with daughters Victoria, 11, left, and Olivia, 14, and the emergency Go Pack for their
Flat Bush household if a disaster strikes.
Photo: KAREN MANGNALL
Green light for Browns' pack
By KAREN MANGNALL
Pray a disaster doesn't hap-
pen but prepare for the
worst is the new motto for
mayor Len Brown's family.
They've put together a
family survival plan and an
emergency Go Pack -- and
mayoress Shan Inglis is urg-
ingtherestofustodothe
same.
Until recently the Brown
household was like more
than 90 percent of Auck-
landers -- completely unpre-
pared for a Civil Defence
emergency. Before Christ-
church I don't think you
turned your mind to it
really,'' Ms Inglis says.
We can't really under-
stand what it would be like
but we can empathise and,
like everyone, our prayers
and thoughts are with
them.''
The February 22 quake
sparked family talks about
the risks in Auckland and
what they'd do if disaster
strikes.
We have to accept that
Len would be involved in the
needs of the city so I need to
make sure we as a family
have a plan,'' Ms Inglis says.
Daughters Victoria, 11,
and Olivia, 14, have been
told if disaster strikes while
they're at school to stay
there until Ms Inglis gets to
them.
If it were to happen at
home we'd gather up the
children and my mother and
find the safest place in the
house to be.''
Along with a gas barbecue
for cooking, the household
Go Pack is a fairly good
start'' for surviving until
help arrives.
Disaster will always take
us by surprise no matter
how well prepared we are,
Ms Inglis says.
But thinking ahead and
talking about it at home,
work and school could
mean a lot'', reducing panic
and making responses more
automatic.
And I think helping one
another and being kind to
one another is probably as
important -- and having
faith,'' Ms Inglis says.
By KAREN MANGNALL
TOP AUCKLAND
DISASTER RISKS
This risk ranking combines
the likelihood of a hazard
occuring and its impact.
Very high risk:
Power failure (possible/
catastrophic)
Human epidemic
(possible/catastrophic)
Distant volcanic eruption
(likely/major)
Cyclone (likely/major)
Flooding (almost certain/
moderate)
Erosion: Coastal cliff
(almost certain/moderate)
Erosion: Landslide
(almost certain/moderate)
High risk:
Auckland volcanic
eruption (rare/
catastrophic)
Animal epidemic
(possible/major)
Aircraft crash (possible/
major)
Earthquake (unlikely/
major)
Hazardous spill (likely/
moderate)
The lowest-ranked risks
are a dam failure, marine
crash, rural fire and
tornado.
Source: Draft 2010-15
Auckland Civil Defence and
Emergency Management
Plan.
MAYOR Len Brown is calling
for an Auckland-wide disas-
ter preparedness day'' in the
wake of the devastating
Christchurch earthquake.
Getting Auckland better
equipped to cope with a disas-
ter is something that needs
to be done with some
urgency'', he says.
Auckland's preparedness
at an organisational level is
brilliant but for the mums
and dads in particular, it's
not brilliant.''
His own family was among
the 93 percent of Aucklanders
unprepared for an emergency
before the Christchurch
quake.
All Aucklanders need to
make sure they're ready for a
Civil Defence emergency, Mr
Brown says.
Christchurch looked like it
was reasonably well prepared
and even so it's been hard.''
Mr Brown wants an Auck-
land preparedness day within
the next month to six weeks
while the tragedy of Christ-
church is still fresh in the
mind of the kids''.
The event could also publi-
cise Auckland's new five-year
Civil Defence plan now open
for public comment.
In school and in business
places we might spend half
an hour talking about pre-
paredness for an emergency.''
The readiness message
should be targeted particu-
larly at primary-aged chil-
dren, Manurewa-Papakura
councillor Calum Penrose
says.
They go back and influ-
ence their families.
My younger girl was say-
ing after the earthquake, are
we ready, are we equipped
and so it goes on.''
Mr Penrose also wants to
use the golden opportunity''
of a preparedness day to push
the message about fire safety
and smoke alarms
So many homes in south
Auckland don't have them.''
Meanwhile, a mid-week
Civil Defence exercise to
practise operational liaison,
evacuation, welfare plans and
recovery'' has been postponed
because of Christchurch.
But we have effectively
activated that because of
Christchurch,'' Auckland
Civil Defence controller Clive
Manley says.
The adoption by Christ-
church of the new supercity
civil defence model of one
council and organisation'' has
proven very effective so far,
he says.
It's given us confidence in
our ability to respond,'' he
says. But we're never ready
enough as far as public edu-
cation goes.''
Click on Group Plan at www.
aucklandcivildefence.org.nz to
comment on Auckland's draft
Civil Defence plan.
Our time to prepare
Go to www.papakura
courier.co.nz to view
mayoress Shan
Inglis on getting
ready to survive a
disaster.